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August 21, 1999|By Anita Hardin of The Sentinel Staff

The Tavares Public Library, along with several local businesses, is sponsoring a library card registration drive during September. Any student from Tavares Elementary, Tavares Middle or Tavares High School who registers for a library card and checks out books during September will receive a package containing coupons from several merchants and organizations.

The incentive is to attract students to the resources available at the new Tavares Library and to encourage them to get a library card.

The package will include these free items: ice cream from Dairy Queen, bowling from Classique Bowling Center, skating from Roll-Air Skating Rink, the Central Florida Zoo, a Dora Canal cruise from Bartholomew's Yesteryear Cruises and a chance to win a multi-pass to Bay Street Players performances.

DOG WASH

THE HUMANE Society of Lake County will have a fund-raising dog wash from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. today at the shelter, 16435 McKinley Road, two miles north of Eustis off State Road 19.

The cost is $5 per dog. Owners are asked to bring their own towels.

Frogi Flower the Clown will be on hand to paint children's faces for $2 a child.

ART FESTIVAL

APPLICATIONS ARE available for artists and crafters to participate in the 23rd annual Leesburg Art Festival, set for March 11 and 12 at Venetian Gardens on Lake Harris in Leesburg.

For an application, write to P.O. Box 492857, Leesburg 34749-2857 or call (352) 787-0000. The deadline to enter is Dec. 30.

PARENTS TO MEET

EUSTIS HEIGHTS Elementary School invites parents of students at Eustis Heights to a community meeting at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Grand Island Community Club Building, Fish Camp Road northwest of Eustis. Refreshments will be served.

SENIORS FOR SCHOOLS

SENIORS FOR Schools, a national literacy program in Lake County, will have its annual kickoff from 2 to 4 p.m. Aug. 31 at the Leesburg Senior Center, 1211 Penn St.

This group is part of the National America Reads Initiative being developed throughout the country. The event will be a motivational send off to the upcoming school year. More than 80 participating Seniors For Schools volunteers will help students in kindergarten through third grade individually with reading. For information, call (352) 589-4545.

VETERANS MEMORIAL

LAKE COUNTY veterans are invited to discuss plans for a veteran's memorial at Fountain Lake in downtown Leesburg at 6 p.m. Tuesday in Leesburg City Commission chambers. The memorial in Leesburg will be for all Lake County veterans. Details: (352) 326-8300.

AIDS SUPPORT

COUNSELING SERVICES for individuals and couples are now available in Lake County for persons infected or affected by HIV. The AIDS Resource Alliance (ARA) has collaborated with Central Florida AIDS Unified Resources Inc. (CENTAUR).

Counselor Kathryn Johnson will be at the Lake County ARA office from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. each Monday and Thursday, 129 N. Grove St., Eustis.

Counseling sessions are one hour in length and are free of charge. Sessions are by appointment only. Call (352) 589-1300.